01.16.09
I’ve been thinking…
I think I might be moving.
This has nothing to do with wordpress. I love wordpress. Everything is so neat and packed together, and some things are confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, everything is so nice and wonderful.
WordPress only has one sad problem: it’s themes. A lot of them are pretty and fun. But while I really like my current one, it doesn’t quite feel like home. It takes a long time to find something that feels like home. Sometimes you have to put two together, and manipulate the HTML by yourself (although I find that is sometimes fatal, as I am clumsy with such stuff. But sometimes it works! 
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But sadly enough, wordpress isn’t as flexible as that.
Although that is really the only problem I find with wordpress, I find it a pretty big problem. It is hard to do stuff to something that doesn’t look like yours.
So I may be switching to blogspot.
I don’t know, but I think I’ll start working on it. I’ll say something if I move. Or if I don’t.
Merissa
P.S. Just throwing this out there: even if I don’t change, I’ll probably change the title. I love reading, but I love other stuff, too. So there’ll probably be a lot more normal stuff.
01.10.09
Another poll!
01.06.09
Bookish Stuff
First of all, Laura’s Review Bookshelf is hosting a contest for the ARC of Prada and Prejudice (which sounds like an awesome book)! All you have to do is tell her about the most expensive thing that you purchased that you didn’t have to purchase, and upload this widget that I’m supposed to have on my sidebar. Except it’s not showing up. I don’t know why. Does anyone have any help?
The most expensive thing I ever bought was probably this old manual typewriter I have. I don’t ever use it, because it is so loud and cannot even compare to a laptop, where it SAVES your work. I don’t remember what I spent on it, but I got it at a yard sale and so it is not even new.
The second thing I am not really telling you. I am asking you. What does it mean when, if you teacher asks if anyone got any good books over break, everyone laughs as a response?
Don’t worry. I don’t really want you to answer that (although if you do, I hope you answer that it is not a good thing). But I am hoping that perhaps there were some people who did (not including me), and they simply did not speak up, perhaps too engrossed in that new book(s). You can always hope.
You know what? I think 2009 will be a bloggy year for me. I am posting even more than I expected.
Merissa
01.03.09
Parade of Shadows – Gloria Whelan
by Gloria Whelan
Summary: It’s 1907, and sixteen-year-old Julia Hamilton is excited when she learns of her father going to the middle east. As she has lived her entire life in England, she wishes for adventure and convinces her father to take her with him, although he is reluctant at first.
Julia expects adventure. She gets much, much more. She meets Edith, a woman who frequently travels in these parts and collects plants; Grahm Geddes, an English student, passionately (and dangerously) mixed in politics; and Paul Louvois, a French antiques collector who might be smuggling valubles out of the country. Julia must decide who she will trust and what she is willing to do.
I think: I liked this book very much. The writing was detailed but easy to follow, and the plot was intriguing. I had some suspicious about the result by the middle of the book, which turned out to be correct, but that didn’t really ruin the book.
I do love Historical Fiction. I find textbook history tiresome at times (who can stand all those confusing scenes of war?) but historical fiction can bring me into the story. So I was a little disappointed when there was no “Author’s note” explaining the history or similar thing at the end of the story. That was probably one of my only complaints about the book.
The other ones contain spoilers, so I won’t mention them, except to say that the so-called villain was probably one of my favorite characters of the book (and I didn’t think that person was that bad). Although that is normal, because I seem to have a liking for villains.
01.01.09
Happy New Year’s Eve!
It’s very strange. After midnight tonight, it will be 2009. And then after that, it will never be 2008 again. What do you suppose happens to 2008?
Personally, I think this year was a fantastic year for books. And that is why I would suggest that people read book blogs (not necessarily this one), because it opens you up and introduces you to books you otherwise wouldn’t have read.
This year had such gems as The True Adoration as Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, and Chalice by Robin McKinley, and Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale (illustrated by Nate Hale, no relation). It was also the year I discovered books not published this year but great nevertheless – like Just Listen by Sarah Dessen and Undercover by Beth Kephart.
So I enjoyed you very much, 2008. And I cannot wait to see what 2009 will offer!
Merissa
